INTERPROVINCIAL.

Otago Witness, Issue 1583, 25 March 1882, Page 14

INTERPROVINCIAL.

i'• ■ ' Auckland, March 22nd. " Harry.'-Hullj' railway porter at Helensville, has been' Warded' the Victorian Humane Societ;y'&'?cerfcificate, for rescuing the wife of * Constable' J^wghton from drowning last September.«f>i *> > • »,< ■ The Magistrate has decided that bicycling on the jsaVe'mßnt ib riot 'an offence under the city byeMawi. '■' ''"/''..' . „; - „ A number of,- Natives have interviewed Jem Mace, qn.d,i,desired\ him to .visit the Native settlements xand (give instruction in the noble art of self-dbfonce. ■ >■

f)N,,:\, j - nXpieb; March 22nd. „ P. H.^ipaghVknmvEiin racing circles, was; arrested ,yesfceraay,7whi!e ,, going ,on „ board fa' steamerrfor Auckland, on a charge 1 of larceny as a bailee^ Murtagh' hdd given a bill- of sale over his^cehorse's, and h'a,d sold some Jjy auction, reeaiftMtM'inrae'y;^'' ,' v;"v ;"' ,' ';; , • .', ' Strong r pmes^ are, Jbting/, made', against, .the traffic oa^^'/bjVth'e.Vnion Company, 'b .boatscallmg'onwTjndaysi.r „„■.;■■. *>* i•v; "• l>^ i? -i ' '■'<>"■ " ,r,iv>Ur^i <WAtfGASDI, Harcli 22nd/ ' An irJWb;rttih't lt mebiting;:of 'tli6 r Ag^c'ul,tural and Pasprp.l.A.fSfipiatjoni^as ijelcLjto-dayyat which t^e; foUo.iJipKjgfcesqlutionsiwere carried trY " 1. That/the members for the district be asked; to get a'ibetter 'designation' of f infected .''iis' l distinct frW' scabby "/in the" Sheep' Act" nexi; Bession.f'?^;:Th^V. flock: declared tobe/in^ fected, but % 7jy%h no Bc'abby ,sh,eeß,has actu- . ally bec^r&iuyJi'tfjhould not bo, subjected to,; clauses 26i-andi:26, but that all other preoau-i tionary*ineasu'reß, sueh 1 as quarantining;' ■dip-'' _ ping, '&&l< v sh<rald be^enforced." ,\, '" .' ;',.,'„, ju mi/. >„ i Wellington, March 22nd. The rM&lt, inspector lias, imported 76 ferrets from Melbourne for breeding purposes iii]r> (''.,'' ' ''> l - ■ '" '

>!>!!!> .p.. - (»'Kaikouba-, March' 22nd. • TheincKiSsC'oh th'e'secfindof '$he ( stack fifes was conclud!sMJ3Ws&y.- (Nothingsatisfactpry was, elicited,, Jflfnq.'^he Jury found .that it was the malicious tact of ..some I'person1 ' person or persons unknown, Jodding a rider "that tbe coroner' be asked^'ifo- 1 communicate with the Govern- ( ment, requesting that the services of a 'detective be plaijejd at,jthe disposal of the district, with a.-.y^ew' to .preventing these mysterious fires, two of-,whicn occurred within 48 hours."

• -i v'f - Ohristohuboh, March 22nd. Bamberger* and' Eranz, of Rangiora, the firm w^p,, .obtained a large contract for the supply o'^flojir to New Caledonia a short time ago, hay,e received a large order for Sydney. The Government of Noumea intend stipulating for the future that a proportion of all the supplies they'order shall be New Zealand flour. An accident happened to a goods-train on the Oxford Hue on Tuesday" night. Something wont wrong with the gearing of the engine, which caused it to jump off the line and tear up tho 'permanent way. The enginedriver, stoker, and guard were thrown off, but as the train wa^fnuy going seven miles an hour they escaped .Tyithout serious injury.